'Quo Vadis, Aida?' Takes Top Jury Prize at Miami Film Festival

Angelique Jackson Film and television producer Will Packer will serve as the jury president for the 2021 American Black Film Festival (ABFF).The annual festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a hybrid model, with live events held Nov. 3-7 in Miami Beach, Fla., followed by a week of virtual events on abffplay.com (available from Nov.

With vaccines getting distributed pretty damn fast in the US, we’re starting to see some cities begin to recover and make plans for in-person events in the summer and fall. In the world of film festivals, it appears that the first event to really attempt a full in-person experience is going to be this year’s Tribeca.

The Tribeca Film Festival is moving ahead with its 20th-anniversary edition this June, moving screenings to outdoor venues and becoming the first major U.S. film festival held in person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.As part of the festival, outdoor screenings will be held in all five New York City boroughs using portable 40-foot LED screens that will travel to different venues; community screenings will be included as part of the program.

Hades took the coveted best game award at the BAFTA Games ceremony on March 25. Hades was recognized for its narrative, while the performer in a leading role award went to Laura Bailey for The Last of Us Part II.

Veteran film critic Huh Moon-younghas been appointed director of South Korea'sinfluential Busan International Film Festival. He will replace former festival head Jay Jeon, who stepped down abruptly in January.

Also Read: While the Oscars Embrace Diversity, the Golden Globes Scramble for RelevanceIn the television categories, the PGA award for drama series went to “The Crown,” while the comedy series award went to “Schitt’s Creek.” “Hamilton” won the award for televised or streamed motion picture, while “The Queen’s Gambit” won for limited-series television.“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” won the award for live entertainment/talk television, while “RuPaul’s Drag Race” won for game and competition

The Fallouthas earned the grand jury award in the narrative feature competition at the virtual SXSW film festival. Megan Park is behind the feature that stars Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler and Niles Fitch as high schoolers brought together by their shared experience during a school shooting rampage.

A UK-produced short parable about race just won big at the SXSW Film Festival.

health crisis. It's set to take place July 6-17.Lee is the first Black person to head the Cannes jury, which selects one of cinema's top prizes, the Palme d'Or.Pierre Lescure, president of the festival, praised Lee for his loyalty and spirit.“Throughout the months of uncertainty we’ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us,” said Lescure in a statement.

The SXSW Film Festival has revealed its Jury and Special Award winners of the 28th edition of the fest, which took place virtually this week. The Megan Park-directed high school shooting tragedy took the top award in the Narrative Feature category, while Jeremy Workman’s portrait of Lily Hevesh, Lily Topples the World, won in the Documentary Feature category.

Spike Lee, who was set to lead last year’s jury for the Cannes Film Festival that was ultimately cancelled by the pandemic, will preside over this year’s jury instead.

Spike Lee will head up this year's competition jury for the Cannes International Film Festival, organizers announced on Tuesday. He had been tapped to head up the jury for the 2020 festival, which ended up getting canceled due to the pandemic.

The Cannes Film Festival said Tuesday that Spike Lee will be its jury president in 2021, one year after he was due to preside over the festival but couldn’t due to its cancellation.

It is truly beginning to feel like we’re in a time loop. It was only a year ago when the Cannes Film Festival announced that Spike Lee would be the Jury President for the film festival.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSpike Lee is set to preside over the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is expected to take place July 6-17. The director and activist will be the first Black president of the festival’s jury.Lee was on track to preside over last year’s festival which was canceled due to the pandemic, and had vowed to return to the French Rivera-set festival if the health situation allowed for it.

Christopher Vourlias Following hot on the heels of the recently wrapped Berlin Film Festival, this year’s online edition of the Hong Kong Intl.

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Farrah Abraham, 29, was enjoying the sun during a recent beach outing and didn’t hesitate to show off her figure in a tiny stylish bikini! The Teen Mom star wore a seafoam bikini that included an bikini top that had criss-cross straps in the front and an open bottom section and matching bikini bottoms that tied on the sides. She was all smiles as frolicked on the sand and in the water in Miami, FL as her long wavy locks were down and flowing.

Haley Bosselman editorJasmila Žbanić’s film based on the true events of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” took home the top prize at the Miami Film Festival.The Balkan war drama earned the $25,000 Knight Marimbas Award for its richness and resonance for cinema’s future, in addition to the Rene Rodriguez Critics Award.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJapanese comedy-drama “Ito” (aka “Itomichi”) was named as the Grand Prix winner of the 16th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival. It also claimed the audience award.The festival ran March 5-14.